Kerouac's Road: The Beat of a Nation

Name: Kerouac's Road: The Beat of a Nation
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2025-08-01
Duration: 1 h 31 min
Rating: 5.7
Cast: Michael Imperioli, W. Kamau Bell, Josh Brolin, Matt Dillon, Natalie Merchant

Find your own road

Kerouac's Road: The Beat of a Nation (2025)

1:31 (91 min)

Documentary

United Kingdom, United States

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Production

Ventureland

Release date

1 August 2025

Director

Ebs Burnough

Scenario

Eliza Hindmarch

Composer

John Forte

Producer

Eliza Hindmarch

All team (11)

Actors

Michael Imperioli

himself

W. Kamau Bell

himself

Josh Brolin

himself

Matt Dillon

himself

Natalie Merchant

herself

Ann Charters

themself

David Amram

himself

Jay McInerney

himself

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Short description

Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" finds new relevance as modern travelers and cultural figures like Josh Brolin, W. Kamau Bell and Natalie Merchant reveal how his quest for authentic experience resonates powerfully in our screen-saturated era — offering a lyrical meditation on what it means to truly experience the journey.